RETRO: MEMPHIS, TN, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1969

[skipeastport]

RETRO: MEMPHIS, TN, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1969

WMC-TV (Channel 5, NBC)
MORNING
06:55 TV Chapel
07:00 Film Funnies
08:00 Super Six
08:30 Cool McCool
09:00 Flintstones
09:30 Banana Splits
10:30 Underdog
11:00 Talent Showcase
11:30 Untamed World
AFTERNOON
12:00 Apollo 11
12:30 Lawman
01:00 Bill Anderson
01:30 Rhodes Show
02:00 Porter Waggoner
02:30 Wilburn Brothers
03:00 Apollo 11
03:15 Baseball
EVENING
06:00 News
06:30 Adam 12
07:00 Face to Face
07:30 Ghost and Mrs. Muir
08:00 Saturday Night at the Movies
10:00 10 O’Clock Report
11:15 Movie
01:15 News & Weather
01:20 TV Chapel


WREC-TV (Channel 3, CBS)
MORNING
06:30 Superman
07:00 Go-Go Gophers
07:30 Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner
08:30 Wacky Races
09:00 Archie Show
09:30 Batman/Superman Hour
10:30 Herculoids
11:00 Shazzan
11:30 Jonny Quest
AFTERNOON
12:00 Moby Dick
12:30 Lone Ranger
01:00 Superman
01:30 Early Movie
03:00 Apollo 11
03:30 AAU Track
05:00 Perry Mason
EVENING
06:00 Marshall Dillon
06:30 Jackie Gleason
07:30 My Three Sons
08:00 Hogan’s Heroes
08:30 Petticoat Junction
09:00 Miss Universe
10:30 News and Weather
11:00 Million Dollar Playhouse
12:30 Award Theater
02:30 News & Weather


WHBQ-TV (Channel 13, ABC)
MORNING
06:55 Devotional
07:00 Casper Cartoon Show
07:30 Popeye
08:00 Three Stooges
08:30 Gulliver
09:00 Spiderman
09:30 Fantastic Voyage
10:00 Little Rascals
10:30 Fantastic Four
11:00 Skippy
11:30 American Bandstand
AFTERNOON
12:00 Apollo 11
01:30 TV Party Line
02:00 Eddie Bond
02:30 Topper
03:00 Apollo 11
03:30 Wrestling
05:00 Talent Party
EVENING
06:00 Gidget
06:30 Dating Game
07:00 Newlywed Game
07:30 Lawrence Welk
08:30 Johnny Cash Show
09:30 Showtime
10:30 Fantastic Features with Sivad
1:30a ABC News

Note: WREC Channel 3 would be rebranded WREG-TV two years later when the station was sold to the New York Times. It remains WREG to this day. You can also see Apollo 11 coverage seeping into the schedule. All three channels show virtually wall to wall coverage on the Sunday and Monday grids. I think WHBQ may have preempted an ABC show for "The Little Rascals" at 10am. 13 showed Little Rascals for years.

 

[only1moore]

I noticed WHBQ had "American Bandstand" on its schedule during this time. However, I also noticed that both "Wrestling" and "Talent Time" replaced "Wide World of Sports" so it appears this might have spurred its decision to move the former to 11AM down the line in the future.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

If my memory serves me correct, the Apollo coverage on July 19th at 12 Noon CDT (1 P.M. EDT) was to show a live telecast from the command module as it and it's attached lunar module were closing in on the moon; while the 3 P.M. CDT/4 EDT coverage was when the spacecraft came out from the far side of the moon; it's service module rocket engine having fired to slow it down to place it in orbit around the moon ahead of the next day's moon landing.

BTW, ABC, CBS, and NBC were all on the air for 30 straight hours (12 Noon EDT July 20th-6 P.M. EDT July 21st) during the landing. The networks believed that to go back to regular programming while the lunar module containing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were on the moon, even when the two were asleep, was the TV news equivalent to blasphemy.

 

[BigDave]

You couldn't beat Memphis Wrestling on WHBQ! 8)

 

[firepoint525]

BTW, ABC, CBS, and NBC were all on the air for 30 straight hours (12 Noon EDT July 20th-6 P.M. EDT July 21st) during the landing. The networks believed that to go back to regular programming while the lunar module containing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were on the moon, even when the two were asleep, was the TV news equivalent to blasphemy.

Sorry, Elvis, no overnight movie for you tonight! ;D